Banner Health Opens Mental Health Unit For Older Adults In Northern Colorado

Banner Health has opened a 17-bed unit at McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colorado for those age 55 and older suffering from mental health issues, hoping to provide treatment close to home. The unit opened December 26, 2019, serving Banner's consumers in Larimer and Weld counties, including Banner Fort Collins Medical Center, North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and McKee. It will accept individuals who are medically stable referred from any hospital emergency room or medical unit, including UCHealth's facilities in Northern Colorado—Poudre Valley Hospital, Medical Center of the Rockies and a new Greeley hospital—if . . .